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Offline Watchdog
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« Reply #75 on: July 06, 2002, 10:24:01 PM »
Yes, mm, but online gameplay is an even bigger yes.
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« Reply #76 on: July 07, 2002, 04:48:00 AM »
since when is morrowind a good game?

online gaming will not be the wind that carries console gaming, although m$ has a billion dollars that says otherwise

*laff*
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« Reply #77 on: July 07, 2002, 08:19:56 AM »
All I care about is what is best for my time.  And online is it.
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« Reply #78 on: July 07, 2002, 08:33:20 AM »
well, what if they put online pong on xbox live?
sure it till have a "lag free" and "secure" service *snicker*
 you gonna play it?

is xbox live gonna be the messiah that saves xbox\'s piss poor [© 2002 ooseven] sales?

gameplay is whats gonna carry console gaming, nothing else
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« Reply #79 on: July 07, 2002, 09:51:36 AM »
Like I said, I don\'t care what\'s going to carry console gaming.  I care about what\'s best for me.

There are plenty of sure bets for online games this fall: UT, sports, Midtown Madness/Twisted Metal, SOCOM, MechAssault, etc--it would take a dissaster for these games not to be fun.  And that beats any SP game without question.
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« Reply #80 on: July 07, 2002, 06:12:18 PM »
nah, im not gonna dig playing socom with some snotty little 12 year old kid across the nation

there\'s pros and cons to everything, unfortunately, there\'s more cons on the xbox side thats all
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« Reply #81 on: July 07, 2002, 06:45:02 PM »
Yeah, MM.. I can figure why you wouldn\'t want to play from such a distance!

You\'re the type of guy who\'d like to have a 12-year-old kid locked away in your basement that could be summoned for "play" any time, rather than fantasizing about them while they frag ya in SOCOM! Har har har! :) Har.. :sleepy:

Bah, well.. it was kind of funny anyway!
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« Reply #82 on: July 07, 2002, 07:45:41 PM »
blade,

1. STFU
2. get back in the closet,  thanks


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« Reply #83 on: July 07, 2002, 07:50:33 PM »
I agree with MM :D
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« Reply #84 on: July 07, 2002, 08:20:08 PM »
No, but that\'s why you have friends to play against.  Besides all those games will have SP too, so I don\'t know what you\'re *****ing about now.
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« Reply #85 on: July 08, 2002, 04:57:05 AM »
im not *****ing, im merely stating that "online gaming" WILL NOT be the hype that m$ and sony (or you) think it will be
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« Reply #86 on: July 08, 2002, 08:21:12 AM »
I don\'t think either company really thinks it\'s going to b3 huge this generation.
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« Reply #87 on: July 08, 2002, 08:56:45 AM »
yer joking right?

a billion dollars dumped into xbox live and they\'re not betting the farm on it?

*laff*
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« Reply #88 on: July 08, 2002, 10:21:46 AM »
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How long will Microsoft be supporting Xbox Live?

The short answer to that is: until it dominates like Windows. Microsoft has set modest goals for the service early on but the company fully expects Xbox Live to catch fire in the very near future. Allard has used the phrase "tens of thousands" to describe the number of subscribers Xbox Live needs in 2002 to be considered a successful launch. By definition this means anywhere from 20,000 all the way up to 90,000 paid subscribers to the service. The phrase "hundreds of thousands" was used to describe the number of subscribers expected in 2003. Again anywhere from 200,000 to 900,000 Xbox Live users would make Microsoft happy. However, it\'s the 10 million Xbox Live subscribers by the end of 2007 the company expects that should raise a few eyebrows. This timeframe invariably would put us into the next generation of videogame consoles (from one manufacturer or another), and would mean growing the current Xbox\'s intalled user base considerably.
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Dominate like windows? OMG :eek:

I think both companies expect online gaming to be huge this generation just by looking at the current online games in production.

Source http://xbox.ign.com/articles/361/361526p1.html
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« Reply #89 on: July 08, 2002, 10:30:37 AM »
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Originally posted by mm
yer joking right?

a billion dollars dumped into xbox live and they\'re not betting the farm on it?

*laff*


Not for MS it isn\'t. (Unless you\'re saying MS has a bunch of farms to bet with):D
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